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Energy differences between frozen core and all electrons correlated.
MP2, MP3, MP4, B2PLYP, CCSD, and CCSD(T)

For CH3CSCH3 (Thioacetone)


Methods with standard basis sets
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 6-31G* 6-31G** 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.001881 -0.010234 -0.018122 -0.007262 -0.025365 -0.026472 -0.027332 -0.176222 -0.177063 -0.046958 -0.079664 -0.014773 -0.082342 -0.017176 -0.094979
MP3=FULL         -0.024345   -0.033017                
MP4=FULL   -0.009739     -0.024678       -0.179070     -0.013776 -0.083523 -0.016186  
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.024104           -0.081055 -0.013322 -0.081949 -0.015652  
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.024531           -0.081958 -0.013647 -0.083192 -0.016024  
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 6-31G* 6-31G** 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ